Horse collar



July 22 1924. 1,591,928

R. M. SWlNDLER ET AL HORS E COLLAR F iled Dec. 29, 1925 2 Sheets-$388K 1 R. M. sWINtJLE ET AL HORSE- COLLAR July 22 1924.

2 Shee ile Patented July 22, 1924.

' UNITE ST ROBERT M. SWINDLEB, 0F OTTAWA, AND GEORGE L. BRADSHAW, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, ROBERT M. SWINDLER and GEORGE L. BRADSHAW, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Ottawa and Topeka, in the counties of Franklin and Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Horse Collar, of which the following is a specifiation.

This invention relates to horse collars, and one of its objects is to provide a collar with a top pad designed to protect the collar from wear by hames and also designed to prevent the harnes from slipping forwardly when in position onthecollar.

A further object is to provide a protecting pad which will afford full protection even when the collar is lengthened, said pad serving to hold the ends of the collar at all times properly positioned relative to each other.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation showing one form of pad detachably mounted on a horse collar, a portion of the collar being shown by broken lines.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on'line 33, Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation showing another form of pad applied to a portion of a collar shown by broken lines. 1

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on line 5-5, Fig. 4:.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference A designates the side portions of a collar of the usual construction and in the present instance there is provided an attachment comprising a lower pad 1 and an upper pad 2. The lower pad is formed of heavy leather so shaped as to fit snugly within the top portion of the collar and has straps 3 riveted or otherwise fa ened to the fro Hones COLLAR.

Application filed December 29, 1923. Serial No. 683,394.

and back edges thereof preferably adjacent the ends and middle portions. These straps are extended into and suitably fastened to the front and rear edges of the top pad 2 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, it being-seen that the top pad is composed oftwo thicknesses of leather indicated'at 41 and 5. A filling strip 6 is interposed between the two thicknesses '4 and 5 along the front edge portions thereof so as to offset the upper,

thickness or layer 5 and thus produce a longitudinal outstanding rib. The layers. of the top padrare fastened together longitudinally close to and back of the rib and also at their ends.

adapted to be engaged by a buckle 11 at Contached to the other side of the collar. sequently when the top portion of the collar is placed between the upper and lower pads it can be properly held assembled therewith by means of the strap 10 and thebuckle 11, it being obvious that by loosening the strap the upper end of the collar can be opened out and the pad, by reason of its flexible nature, will adjust itself to the shape of the collar when thus enlarged- Instead of connecting the front and back edges of the lower and upper pads by means of straps that are not detachable from the pads, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 8, the lower pad 12 and the upper pad 13 can be made separate as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. In this form of device, the lower pad 12 has straps 14 riveted or otherwise fastened to one edge portion thereof and provided with buckles 15 adapted to be adjustablyengaged by straps 16 riveted or otherwise fastened to the opposite edge portions of the pad. These strapsare adapted to be extended aroundthe adjacent portions of the collar A for the purpose of fastening the lower pad in position. The upper pad 17 is sep' arate from the lower pad but is of practically the same construction as the pad illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

This pad 17 consists of lower and upper layers 18 and 19 of leather fastened together at their edges and. at intermediate points,

there being a filling strip 20 between the layers near the front edge to provide a longitudinal rib and there being a casing 2l back of the rib for the reception of the strip 22 used for connecting the upper ends of the collar.

In both structures a rib is provided for the purpose of preventing the haines from slipping forward and in both instances the pads constitute means for protecting the collar from wear by the haines. The pads protect the collar when'adjusted to different widths at the top and the 'pads are also so mounted as to be properly retained at all times while in use.

What is claiined is 1. An attachment for horse collars comprising lowerand upper pads for receiving a 'po'rtion of'a collar therebetween, a :strap receivingcasing extending longitudinally of the upper pad, anda retaining ribextending longitudinally of said upper pad and outstanding therefrom. 2. An attachment ing upper and lower pads for the reception for horse collars includ-' of a portion of a collar therbeti'v en, connections between the front and back of the pads, said upper pad including superposed layers of material fastened together at their edges and longitudinally at an intermediate polnt, a filling strip interposed between the layers to provide an outstanding retaining rib, and the portion of the pad back of the retaining rib constituting a strap receiving casing open at its ends.

3. A top pad for horse collarslcomprising superposed layers of material fastened together at their edges and longitudinally tween their edges, a filler interposed between said layers adjacent the front edges to provide an outstanding retaining rib, and the upper layer havingtransverse slots adjacent the ends of the pad and opening into the space between the rear'portions of the layers thereby to provide a strap receiving'casin In testimony that we claim the foregoin as our own, We have hereto afliXed our signatures. l J

l RQBERT GEORGE L. BRADSHAYV. 

